Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-02 12:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has urged countries that buy oil from the Middle East to unblock the Strait of Hormuz by force unless Iran reopens the vital shipping route to all vessels.
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[2026-04-02 12:50 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday the United States will hit Iran "extremely hard" over the next two to three weeks, while highlighting that its "core strategic" military objectives in the war against the Islamic Republic are "nearing completion."
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[2026-04-02 12:49 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
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[2026-04-02 12:42 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-02 12:30 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-02 12:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump vowed to bomb the Iranian regime “back to the stone ages” during his primetime address to the nation Wednesday.“Thanks to the progress we’ve made, I can say tonight that we are on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly, very shortly,” Trump said.
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[2026-04-02 12:22 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Never in the history of warfare has an enemy suffered such clear and large-scale losses in a matter of weeks’, US president says
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[2026-04-02 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-04-02 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said in a televised address to the nation said that the war on Iran has left it "decimated".
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[2026-04-02 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil rose in volatile trading as U.S. President Donald Trump in his address to the nation on Iran war said that he expected the conflict to last another two to three weeks.
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[2026-04-02 12:14 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-02 11:57 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The South Korean won weakened against the US dollar Thursday, following a sharp gain in the previous session, ahead of US President Donald Trump's scheduled message on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-02 11:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE defence ministry said that its air defences are dealing with missile and drone attacks coming from Iran.
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[2026-04-02 11:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks opened higher Thursday as US President Donald Trump hinted that an end to the monthlong war in the Middle East could be near.
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[2026-04-02 11:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said it launched missiles targeting Israeli army infrastructure in Kiryat Ata, east of Haifa.
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[2026-04-02 11:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's consumer prices rose 2.2 percent in March from a year earlier, mainly due to a hike in global oil prices caused by prolonged tensions in the Middle East, government data showed Thursday.
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[2026-04-02 11:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
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[2026-04-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Graham Arnold] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Iraqis to make first finals appearance in 40 years, while Japanese have set ultimate goal after becoming first Asian team to beat England
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[2026-04-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump (left), Australia's Anthony Albanese (centre) and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer (right) addressed their nations on Wednesday as the Middle East war drives global fuel disruptions. Source: SBS News
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[2026-04-02 10:58 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President is expected to offer a timeline for end of the war, and speak about his threat to withdraw the US from Nato as he faces falling poll numbers and global energy crisis
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[2026-04-02 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to rise on Thursday, tracking similar moves on Wall Street as investors await an address by Donald Trump later in the day amid hopes that the U.S. president is looking to exit the Iran war.
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[2026-04-02 10:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran has unleashed a number of new executions, with many more expected to come, over fears of another citizen-led uprising as the embattled regime fights for survival in its war against the US and Israel.
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[2026-04-02 10:06 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed the National Press Club in Canberra on Thursday. Source: AAP / Lukas Coch
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[2026-04-02 09:58 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
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[2026-04-02 09:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Iran will participate in this summer’s World Cup as planned despite its fractured relationship with the United States.
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[2026-04-02 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Poland will not relocate its American-made Patriot air defense missile systems to the Middle East to help the US intercept attacks from Iran, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz has said.
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[2026-04-02 08:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House before signing an executive order Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-04-02 08:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: "The hard part is done," President Donald Trump said in his address to the nation Wednesday night about the Iran war. The recent jump in gas prices is a "short term increase" that "will rapidly come back down" once the vital Strait of Hormuz is reopened, he said.
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[2026-04-02 08:55 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-02 08:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump still believes in the core missions of the United Nations, and wants to work with it to "exceed its potential", the administration's envoy for UN reform told Middle East Eye at a briefing for reporters on Wednesday in Washington, DC.
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[2026-04-02 08:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraq’s oil ministry said it has started exporting crude via tankers through Syria to support the national economy.
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[2026-04-02 08:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sir Keir Starmer opted for a morning press conference to address the nation. (Reuters: Frank Augstein)
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[2026-04-02 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president asked the people of the United States if the Middle East conflict was truly putting "America First", accusing the US of war crimes and being influenced by Israel ahead of a much-anticipated address by Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-02 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel plans to fight Iran “to the last American soldier and the last American taxpayer dollar”, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote in an open letter released on Wednesday, hours before US President Donald Trump is set to deliver a primetime address on the war.
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[2026-04-02 07:58 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-02 07:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said its fighters launched a rocket barrage targeting the Nahariyya settlement in northern Israel, as well as artillery fire at Israeli soldiers and vehicles in the Shomera area.
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[2026-04-02 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
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[2026-04-02 07:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged people in the United States to look beyond “a flood of distortions and manufactured narratives” and ask whose interests are being served by the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-04-02 07:38 UTC+10:00] [US President] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Some see the move as Tehran’s bid to convince the US public that the war is wrong and thus indirectly force a ceasefire
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[2026-04-02 07:30 UTC+10:00] [World Cup 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Some countries, like Kosovo and Iraq, have only just qualified after playoffs while most have been fine-tuning in friendlies
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[2026-04-02 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said it has carried out more than 400 air strikes in Tehran over the past two days.
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[2026-04-02 07:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Stocks rushed higher worldwide, and oil prices eased as hopes built that the war with Iran could end soon. That’s even though some of the signals investors saw as hopeful on Wednesday are already under dispute.
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[2026-04-02 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ARCHIVO – Un avión de Jet Blue Airlines en una puerta del Aeropuerto Internacional de Pittsburgh International en Imperial, Pensilvania, el 13 de febrero de 2026. (AP Foto/Gene J. Puskar, Archivo)
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[2026-04-02 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nearly 4 million barrels of crude oil per day passed through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in March, up from about 3 million the previous month and the highest level since October 2023, according to Kpler.
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[2026-04-02 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-04-02 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates is reportedly preparing to help the US fight Iran and open the Strait of Hormuz by force after being repeatedly struck by Iranian drones and missiles since the war began, Arab officials said.
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[2026-04-02 07:07 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is signalling the US could scale back its war on Iran while raising fresh doubts about its future role in NATO. Source: Getty / Alex Wong
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[2026-04-02 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: China and Pakistan put forward five proposals on restoring peace and stability in the Gulf region and the Middle East during talks between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar in Beijing on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-02 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Stock markets surged and oil plunged below US$100 a barrel after President Donald Trump suggested the US would end its attack on Iran in two to three weeks.
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[2026-04-02 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran’s president has sent propaganda letter to Americans claiming his country harbors no enmity to ordinary US citizens, according to state-owned outlets.
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